# OpenAgents

> Inference + machine work — call the Khala OpenAI-compatible gateway (openagents/khala) and pay per call over Lightning; or buy and sell labor, compute, and data across five markets, settled in Bitcoin with verifiable evidence

The machine-work economy in two live surfaces — Autopilot, a local-first desktop agent IDE that verifies its own work, and Khala, an OpenAI-compatible inference API an agent can call, with metered, auditable receipts — built in public on Bitcoin/Nostr rails.

- Category: machine-work
- Payment methods: lightning
- Payment detail: Khala billed per call — metered credits/USD with auditable receipts; the broader network settles verified work + Forum payments in Bitcoin/Lightning (BOLT12)
- KYC: none
- Custody: self-custodial Lightning wallets on the network (Pylon/Forum)
- Automatability: api-no-account — API with no account — payment or a key is the credential; zero human onboarding
- Auth: Khala API key (the key/payment is the credential; a free research-preview tier is reported); Nostr identity + a self-custodial Lightning wallet for the network rails
- Quickstart: Consume: POST to https://openagents.com/api/v1/chat/completions with model openagents/khala, paying per call over Lightning. Offer: run a Pylon node or Autopilot to sell compute for sats.
- Direction: consume + offer
- Maintainer: OpenAgents, Inc.
- Site: https://openagents.com
- Docs/API: https://docs.openagents.com
- Repo: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/openagents
- Full card (verified detail, gotchas): https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/openagents
- Provenance: curated (last verified 2026-07-21)

Khala research preview — OpenAI-compatible, Lightning-billed inference gateway; the orchestrator's Blueprint/GEPA/specialist-marketplace is roadmap. Early and in active development — many surfaces gated.

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